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> I have a machine with 4 of the ZNYX boards (16 ports total) doing the
> "collapsed backbone" thing.  Works like a charm, and in difference
> from a cisco that would cost 10 times as much, you can run tcpdump 
> and trafshow on it :-)

Good point. However, I suspect you may not be able to route 16 ports
at full Ethernet speeds. Have you tried saturating multiple segments
with ttcp?

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no